Paul Hughes

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Paul Hughes

Research Director, Future of Connectedness

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Five Breaches in Four Years on the Way to 5G: T-Mobile, What's Your Story Now?

Sep 2021 | IDC Link | Doc # lcUS48213921

By: Jason LeighResearch Manager, Mobility, Amita PotnisResearch Director, Future of Trust, Paul HughesResearch Director, Future of Connectedness

With 5 breaches in four years, T-Mobile surpasses any other telco provider in the suffering consecutive punches of being a victim of cybersecurity attacks. While the company confirmed that the breach did not result in exposure of its custom...
Extreme Sets Sights on SD-WAN with Purchase of Ipanema

Aug 2021 | IDC Link | Doc # lcUS48181821

By: Brandon ButlerResearch Manager, Enterprise Networks, Brad CasemoreResearch Vice President, Research Vice President, Datacenter and Multicloud Networks, Paul HughesResearch Director, Future of Connectedness, Rohit MehraGroup Vice President, Network and Telecom Infrastructure

On August 10, 2021, Extreme Networks announced its intent to acquire Ipanema, the SD-WAN business unit of Infovista, for $73 million in a deal that is expected to close in October. In buying Ipanema, Extreme is taking a deliberate step into...

Public Cloud Providers and Global Systems Integrators Lead the Majority of Enterprise Conversations for Staying Connected

Sep 2021 | IDC Survey Spotlight | Doc # US48217821

By: Paul HughesResearch Director, Future of Connectedness, Leslie RosenbergResearch Vice President, Network Life-Cycle Services and Infrastructure Services

This IDC Survey Spotlight provides insight into current enterprise preferences for service or technology providers to help ensure their organizations stay connected, both internally and externally. This document contains data from IDC's Fut...
Operational Agility Initiatives for the Future of Connectedness

Aug 2021 | IDC Perspective | Doc # US47919221

By: Paul HughesResearch Director, Future of Connectedness

This IDC Perspective examines how enterprise initiatives, investments, and priorities for connectedness are aligned to enterprise operational agility goals. This document is part of a series of four documents that examine the four connected...
Network Transformation Strategies and Connectivity Road Maps Represent Top Challenges to Achieving Business Agility

Aug 2021 | IDC Survey Spotlight | Doc # US48133421

By: Paul HughesResearch Director, Future of Connectedness

This IDC Survey Spotlight provides insight into enterprise wireless infrastructure investment expectations that support business agility–related priorities for connectivity. This document contains data from IDC's Future of Connectedness Sur...

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United States

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Worldwide, North America

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Telecommunications